##  [Life-Cycle Assessment](/index.php/life-cycle-assessment) 

  ##  [Life-Cycle Assessment](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/life-cycle-assessment-0) 

  

 [![Engineering & Applied Technologies Dictionary](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2026-01/Engineering%20%26%20Applied%20Technologies.png.webp?itok=_IKO7_-n)](/index.php/topic-specific-dictionaries/engineering-applied-technologies)



**Engineering & Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A systematic, documented method for quantifying environmental inputs, outputs and potential impacts associated with all relevant stages of a product or building's life — from raw material acquisition through manufacture, transport, use, maintenance, and end‑of‑life treatment (recycling, disposal) — under a specified functional unit and system boundary.

 

 

 

 

 





 

 



 ##  [Life-Cycle Assessment](https://commerce.quantumdictionary.io/life-cycle-assessment-3) 

  

 [![Commerce, Trade & Industry Dictionary](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2026-01/Commerce%2C%20Trade%20%26%20Industry.png.webp?itok=nh8jKPLm)](/index.php/topic-specific-dictionaries/commerce-trade-industry)



**Commerce, Trade & Industry Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

A systematic, comparative method to identify, compile and evaluate the environmental inputs, outputs and potential impacts associated with a product system throughout its life cycle—from raw-material acquisition through manufacture, use, and end-of-life—under an explicitly stated scope and functional unit.